Genetics
Genetics includes the study of heredity, or how traits are passed from parents to offspring. The topics of genetics vary and are constantly changing as we learn more about the genome and how we are influenced by our genes.
Inheritance
Simple Genetics Practice – using mendelian genetics and punnett squares
Heredity Simulation – using monsters and popsicle sticks to show how alleles are inherited
Penny Genetics – flip a coin to compare actual outcomes versus predicted outcomes from a punnett square
Heredity Wordsearch – fill in the blank, find words
Genetic Crosses with two traits – basic mendel cross
Genetic Crosses with two traits (hard) – basic mendel cross
Dihybrid Crosses in Guinea Pigs (pdf) 
– step through on how to do a 4×4 punnett square
Codominance & Incomplete Dominance – basic crosses
X-Linked Traits – (pdf) practice crosses that involve sex-linkage, mainly in fruitflies
X Linked Genetics in Calico Cats – more practice with sex-linked traits
Multiple Allele Traits – practice with blood type crosses and other ABO type alleles
Multiple Allele Traits in Chickens
- shows how combs are inherited (rrpp x RRpp)Inheritance and Eye Color – uses a simulation to show how multiple alleles can influence a single trait (eye color)
Oompa Loompa Genetics(pdf) – basic crosses and problem sets, using oompa loompas
Norn Genetics – online simulation showing basic single allele traits, multiple allele traits and codominance
Human Genetics Survey – class takes a survey of human traits, such as ear points
Design-a-Species – using the rules of inheritance (mendel), create an organism; dominance & recessiveness, multiple allele traits, codominance
Variations on a Human Face – toss a penny to determine the features of a face, draw that face
Hardy-Weinberg Problem Set – statistical analysis, using HW equation
Corn Genetics and Chi Square – statistical analysis, using preserved corn and counting kernals
Corn Genetics – grow corn, 3:1 albino ratio, lab report analyzes F1, F2 crosses
Fruit Fly Genetics – virtual lab where you cross different flies, gather data and statistically analyze the results
Fruit Fly (Drosophila) Virtual Lab – more extensive virtual lab through a program created by Virtual Courseware, requires set up by teacher.
Chromosomes
Meiosis Label – look at cells in various stages of meiosis, identify and order
Meiosis Internet Lesson – look at animations of meiosis and answer questions
Modeling Chromosomal Inheritance – use pipe cleaners to show how genes are inherited; independent assortment, segregation, sex-linkage
Linkage Group Simulation – uses pipe cleaners and beads, students construct chromosomes with alleles and perform crosses, predicting outcomes (advanced)
Karyotyping Online – use a website simulator to learn how to pair chromosomes and diagnose abnormalities
Karyotyping Online II – another simulation on how to construct a karyotype
Chromosome Study – cut out chromosomes and tape them in pairs to construct a “paper” karyotype
DNA
DNA Coloring – basic image of DNA and RNA
DNA Crossword – basic terms
Transcription & Translation Coloring – shows structures involved, nucleotides, base pair rules, amino acids
DNA Analysis – simulate DNA recombination using paper slips and sequences
DNA Extraction – instructions for extracting DNA, best used as a demonstration
DNA in Snorks – analyze and transcribe DNA sequences, construct a creature based on that sequence
Genetic Science Learning Center - explore website with animations and tutorials, answer questions
How DNA Controls the Workings of a Cell – examine a DNA sequence, transcribe and translate
DNA Sequencing in Bacteria – website simulates the sequencing of bacterial DNA, PCR techniques
Who Ate The Cheese – simulate gel electrophoresis to solve a crime
HIV Coloring – shows how viral DNA enters and infects a cell
Genetic Science Ethics - survey as a group ethical questions involved genetics (cloning, gene therapy..)
